Chapter 293: Volume 1 Chapter 293 You Are My System (3)

Xie Xunze had a protective item, but he only staggered a bit.

The female lead Wen Qian's situation was not good either; she also used an item at the critical moment, but it was a little late, and her right leg was fractured from the fall.

She couldn't even stand up.

Seeing him about to leave, Wen Qian hurriedly called out, "Wait! Don't abandon me."

Xie Xunze ignored her condition, took out a flashlight from his bag, and illuminated the way ahead.

He then lifted his foot and walked on.

Wen Qian had never seen anyone so heartless toward him; truly deserving of being the most terrifying demon lord villain Xie Xunze in the novel—no matter how beautiful a girl, in his eyes she was nothing.

She could only grit her teeth, endure the pain in her right leg, and stumble after him.

In the chasm-like fissure, there was no daylight, silent and still, faintly exuding a dangerous aura that made one's blood run cold.

Following Xie Xunze ahead, Jiang Zhi saw a monster crushed to death by a boulder.

This was also her first time seeing a monster up close and clearly.

Before she could finish looking, the boy continued forward, the scene shifted, and the monster was behind her.

Jiang Zhi hadn't had enough: "Don't go yet, let me look again."

Xie Xunze paused his steps and asked with his mind: "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Zhi said: "It's just the monster that was crushed earlier; I haven't seen it clearly yet."

Xie Xunze: "……"

He wanted to ignore the voice in his ears, but his legs inexplicably retreated, returning to that boulder.

Wen Qian, who had followed behind, thought he was waiting for her, barely concealing her delight as she walked to his side and said, "Although you appear cold and unfeeling, your heart is actually soft, and I know you're a good person."

The girl beside him chattered on, and the boy no longer lingered, stepping forward.

Wen Qian thought he was shy, smiled, and said, "Where do you live? Why not come with me to Huabeijidi later? I'll take care of you."

The boy impatiently twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Can you shut up?"

Wen Qian met his gloomy eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly fell silent.

Jiang Zhi on the other side then said, "I can help you leave here."

Xie Xunze clutched the medicine in his arms, his expression tense, yet still refused.

"No need."

Jiang Zhi sighed, "Why be so stubborn? I'm not after your soul."

Xie Xunze asked, "Then what do you want?"

Jiang Zhi chuckled, her laugh clear and pleasant.

In Xie Xunze's heart, however, it took on another meaning.

"You loli/child?"

Jiang Zhi, hearing that, grew so angry she could barely speak: "No! No! What are you thinking? A little brat, how can your head be full of weird stuff?"

The boy asked again, "I have nothing to give you."

He had nothing; anything he wanted to protect would leave him, including the grandfather who raised him.

His grandfather wouldn't live much longer; he wasn't suffering from a simple cold but a fatal illness, living in this world was agonizing, keeping him alive for a day was torture.

Xie Xunze knew all this himself, yet he obsessively prayed for his grandfather not to leave.

What matters most to Xie Xunze now are these medicines in his arms and a C-rank item.

Besides that, he has nothing worth trading.

Jiang Zhi said: "I need to exist in this world in another way, so I must find a host."

Xie Xunze was puzzled: "Why me?"

Even though this world is overrun by monsters, there are still many humans; she could find a better host.

He didn't realize he had blurted these words out; the female lead Wen Qian behind him didn't hear, but Jiang Zhi beside him did.

She righteously declared: "It's your luck, kid; I've already chosen you, and no one else would want you."

The boy's steps suddenly halted.

After a while, he responded indifferently with an "oh."

Suddenly, waves of terrifying pressure came from the top of the fissure; not only him, but the female lead Wen Qian behind also couldn't bear it, kneeling on the ground, breathless, her face flushed red.

"It's a B-rank monster." Jiang Zhi, with night-vision ability, scanned the surroundings and finally locked onto the monster hidden in the stone wall.

A B-rank monster means certain death for anyone below level 60.

They are level 13 and level 36—no match for the monster; it's purely like stuffing a tooth gap.

Jiang Zhi: "Run!"

The boy didn't need her to say it; he turned and ran in the opposite direction.

Seeing this, Wen Qian took out a C-rank item from her pocket, her body instantly became much lighter, and she ran despite the intense pain.

This earthquake was caused by that monster, shattering the ground and making hunters fall into traps, like a woven spider web—no matter how they flee, they can't escape.

As the monster behind drew ever closer, the boy was still struggling to survive.

Jiang Zhi helplessly said: "You've already been targeted by it; you can't escape."

Chunks of stone fell from the fissure in the ceiling; the boy dodged them all.

But his breathing grew more ragged, and his speed gradually slowed.

It was only a matter of time before the monster caught up to him.

What she didn't expect was that Xie Xunze had never thought of fleeing.

As he ran, he passed several dead hunters, picked up a sniper rifle, stopped, heightened his senses, and raised the gun barrel aiming in one direction.

"Bang!"

The deafening gunshot rang out, hitting the monster's left forehead, missing a headshot by a hair.

This gunshot enraged the monster; it no longer hid, appearing within the flashlight's beam.

Xie Xunze stood motionless in place, as if waiting for death.

The monster leapt directly onto his head and came down, trying to crush him.

The whole fissure trembled and collapsed, dust gathering into thick smoke that covered everything.

Wen Qian, who was using a defensive tool, coughed from the smoke and anxiously looked toward the center of the thick fog.

At that moment, a violent explosion sounded, piercing the clouds.

"Boom——"

The town's ground subsequently collapsed and was destroyed.

This is a bomb specially developed by the base to deal with monsters, with astonishing power.

The boy walked out of the thick mist, his C-rank item shattered, blood streaming from his forehead; he raised a hand to wipe it, pressed his aching chest, and drew deep breaths.

Jiang Zhi watched, heart pounding, a chill running through them.

If his C-rank item couldn't withstand the bomb's impact, he would likely be dead by now.

He was clearly gambling.

A sniper rifle works against monsters below C-rank, but against a B-rank, even hitting the eyes is useless.

So he first fled along the way, picking up bombs, then deliberately provoked the monster to attack himself, using the barrier of his C-rank item to protect himself, and finally detonated the bomb.

His performance throughout was something no ordinary person could do.

But even so, it was still useless.

The bomb did not completely kill the monster.

"Boom——"

A deafening roar came from the ruins, the monster, covered in blood, crawled out, staring fixedly at his direction, full of killing intent.

Jiang Zhi suddenly spoke: "Xie Xunze, it's time for you to make a choice!"